Media
The definition of media in the context of art.
A substance the artist uses to create a piece of artwork
This now highly respected Dutch artist created the famous painting "A Starry Night" but only sold a single painting during his lifetime.
Van Gogh
The three primary colors. (Colors that can not be mixed from other colors, but can be mixed to create new colors)
Red, blue, and yellow
A career where the artist would work with floor plans and blueprints.
Architecture
True/False
To be an artist you must have natural talent/skill.
FALSE
Art is about self-expression
This medium is made of burnt wood and leaves black chalky marks.
Charcoal
This Italian artist is well known for painting the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel over a four year span
Michelangelo
The group of colors made up of green, orange, and purple.
Secondary Colors.
A career that often requires a kiln (an oven/furnace which typically heats up to around 2000 degrees Fahrenheit).
Pottery/Ceramics
True/False
Art plagiarism (taking/tracing someone's art and claiming that you created it) is illegal and punishable by law.True
The manipulation of electronic images by means of a computer to create the illusion of movement.
Digital Animation
Salvador Dali's preferred art style.
Surrealism
The surface quality of a work of art.
Texture
The career in art of applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction, and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories that is often influenced by culture and different trends.
Fashion Design
True/False
Tracing over someone else's work is bad.
False
If you are tracing for practice and you let people know who created the original image, then it is okay!
A medium used to create ceramics.
Clay
An well-known artist from Mexico (1907-1954) who is known for her vibrant, colorful self-portraits and was involved in several local political movements throughout her lifetime.
Frida Kahlo
The distance between or the area around and within shapes, forms, colors, and lines.
Space
An art career that works with storyboards.
Animation
The quality and time put in to the creation of an artwork.
Craftmanship
A medium that dries quickly and forms a plastic like substance.
Acrylic paint
An accomplished and influential African American visual artist from the Harlem Renaissance who painted large scale paintings and murals that are easily recognized by their lush colors, movement, and symbolic images.
Aaron Douglass
The lightness or darkness of a color.
Value
An art career where the artist works with clients using expressive art to help improve their mental/emotional/physical health.
Art Therapist
True/False
Colors can change depending on lighting and surrounding colors.
True